Summer School

The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School is a unique, expert-led programme aimed at interested students* and:

people working in government

national human rights institutions

NGOs

international governmental organisation

legal professionals and academics.

The programme provides a small group of participants with knowledge, skills and insight, with emphasis on the practical application of human rights.

Summer School 2016 - The Rights of the Child

27 June - 1 July 2016

The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School on the Rights of the Child will run from 27 June - 1 July 2016.

The objective of this exciting programme is to consider issues concerning the rights of the child that are a matter of current legal, political and societal attention, both internationally and comparatively. These include violence against children, refugee children, child participation, child poverty, business and children's rights, and child rights monitoring and advocacy.

The Summer School will examine international and regional child rights law, including the work of the international courts and treaty monitoring bodies mandated to consider violations of the rights of the child.

The Summer School is strongly participatory. The training methods include Q and A and group exercises. The working language for the Summer School is English. All participants will receive an extensive electronic file of resource materials. The Summer School faculty for 2016 are all highly experienced international experts on child rights, with backgrounds in advocacy, research and practice.

The Summer School faculty for 2016 include:

Professor Kirsten Sandberg, Rapporteur of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and Professor in the Department of Public International Law at the University of Oslo

Professor Helen Stalford, Director of the European Children’s Rights Unit, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool

Dr Jason Pobjoy, Research Associate, Refugee Law Centre, University of Oxford, and Barrister, Blackstone Chambers, London